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May 10, 2012

Between May 10 and 20, Istanbul Modern Cinema will present a selection of seven films from the emerging cinema of Hong Kong.

Among the films in the selection are “Echoes of the Rainbow” (Sui yuet san tau), which won the Crystal Bear at the 2010 Berlin Film Festival and is considered one of the top 10 movies of 2010 in China; “Gallants” (Da lui toi), which was selected as best movie at the Hong Kong Film Awards; and The Drunkard (Jiu tu), based on the 1963 novel by Liu Yichang, a prominent author in Hong Kong literature.